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Their weapons are tools of lawlessness.
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שִׁמְע֥וֹן וְלֵוִ֖י אַחִ֑ים כְּלֵ֥י חָמָ֖ס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃
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Trope 1 Etnachta
Trope 2 Siluk (Sof-pasuk)
Full Verse Chanted
Let not my being be counted in their assembly.
For when angry they slay a man,*slay a man (So trad.) Or “slayed any [opposing] party”; cf. Gen. 4.23. Or, with NJPS, taking ’ish as a collective: “slay men.” See next note and Dictionary under ’ish.
And when pleased they maim an ox.*maim an ox Or, with Canaanite literary usage and taking this verse as referring to the events of chapter 34: “overthrew a dignitary.” Or, with NJPS, taking shor as a collective: “maimed oxen.”
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בְּסֹדָם֙ אַל־תָּבֹ֣א נַפְשִׁ֔י בִּקְהָלָ֖ם אַל־תֵּחַ֣ד כְּבֹדִ֑י כִּ֤י בְאַפָּם֙ הָ֣רְגוּ אִ֔ישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם עִקְּרוּ־שֽׁוֹר׃
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Trope 1 Katon
Trope 2 Etnachta
Trope 3 Katon
Trope 4 Siluk (Sof-pasuk)
Full Verse Chanted
And their wrath so relentless.
I will divide them in Jacob,
Scatter them in Israel.
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אָר֤וּר אַפָּם֙ כִּ֣י עָ֔ז וְעֶבְרָתָ֖ם כִּ֣י קָשָׁ֑תָה אֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם בְּיַעֲקֹ֔ב וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {פ}
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Trope 1 Katon
Trope 2 Etnachta
Trope 3 Katon
Trope 4 Siluk (Sof-pasuk)
Full Verse Chanted
Your hand shall be on the nape of your foes;
Your father’s sons shall bow low to you.
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יְהוּדָ֗ה אַתָּה֙ יוֹד֣וּךָ אַחֶ֔יךָ יָדְךָ֖ בְּעֹ֣רֶף אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ יִשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּנֵ֥י אָבִֽיךָ׃
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Trope 1 R'vi-i
Trope 2 Katon
Trope 3 Etnachta
Trope 4 Siluk (Sof-pasuk)
Full Verse Chanted
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